Food for baby when travelling overseas

Hi mummies! Need help from experienced mummies who have travelled overseas with your 1 year olds. We're planning a trip to Japan in April, and my baby will be turning 1 that month. Currently he's 9 months plus and already transitioned to porridge (with bits of chicken, salmon, vegs, etc.). It's our first time traveling overseas with him, and my worry is that it's difficult to find food for him in the restaurants that we go to. What was your experience like? Did you make do with food at the restaurants and simplify it for your baby? Or did you pack some ingredients from home and cook food at your place before heading out? Or did you just pack food pouches (gerber, rafferty's, etc.) and prep them when you're out? Apologies for the super noob questions. First time travelling out and it feels SOOO daunting. And this is just the food part, haven't planned out the plane experience yet 😥 TIA for your suggestions mummies 😘

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Eh i tried once around the one year mark and never since (almost 2 years now)! My baby only wanted real food because of baby led weaning. So she literally ate whatever i ate super early. So in all honesty if ur baby is the same.... habis. Because travelling meant very little choices other than chicken and/or pasta, or non spicy options, or even worse undercooked food or possibly contaminated. Adults probably can handle food better but babies ooo i wouldnt risk it. I lost track how many times baby had diarrhoea and vomitting every time we had takeouts . urgh super painful to see baby sick 🤢 But for porridge there might be hope for u. Theres many brands out there that are reconstituted with hot water or just warm the pack in warm water. I see more made in Malaysia ones with local flavours, if not its purees u find in supermarkets kind but its all sweet sugary fruit stuff. Can pack lots of nibbles, dense snacks, dehydrated fruits too for on the go. That baby bites cracker thing might not be filling absolutely do not recommend I would recommend a simple multi pot for travel must be easy to clean and assemble. Safe to steam fruits/vegetables, boil eggs, make own rice maybe. Pack a smol bottle of oil if need stirfry. Find accommodation with a kichenette too really helps. Oo if buying cut fruits outside for safety just wash again pls. oh and dont sanitize baby hands with gel sanitizer or alcohol ones. The chemical taste stays when baby eats with hands yo. I just rinse hands by drains or above grass patches before offering a snack on the go. I think even worse is the plane. I cannot tell u how traumatizing it was for both me and baby. Our flight was 10 hours with connecting 2 hour and by then u are out of snacks. One flught was red eye and the other was after breakfast omg fml. Emirates offered us pouches but mine was mo puree or porridge kid so meh 😑 And mine was already running like a drunk at 12 months in a narrow aisle. And overbooked flight and no bassinet and not window seat. And omg diaper changing in a plane toilet waaa piang i cried so much. So much soft poop everywhere multiple changes of clothes even stained the plane seats omg i cannot relive it. I died and resurrected so many times with no sleep because which baby will be comfy with the pressure+ noise+ air+ smell + just everything. 12 hours of no sleep for me plus fully breastfeeding i cannot do it. Please bottle feed ur baby if u can i swear 😭 Lookie im spiralling at one am now just reflecting on that trip. I hope another parent shares a good experience instead haha rooting for ya?!

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